Ex-convict Arrested For Blackmailing Women He Met On Facebook With Nude Photos

An ex-convict identified as Michael Atanda, 35, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for threatening to expose the nude pictures of four women he met on Facebook unless they paid money into his bank account.

Atanda who was arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad on Thursday, was arrested and charged to court in 2015 for defrauding a woman of N700,000. It’s understood Atanda who is a National Diploma holder in Computer Science from an institution in Lagos, allegedly blackmailed and extorted N121,000 from the four women.

Atanda who operated under the fake name Segun Bayo, would add several ladies to his Facebook account then begin chatting them up two weeks later. He said:

According to the police, Atanda had 210 friends on his Facebook page, and over 195 were young ladies. It was one of the victims identified simply as Lizzy who exposed Atanda and reported him to the police. During investigations, the other three victims were discovered. The ladies also said they paid the suspect si that he wouldn’t leak their nudes online.

SP Dolapo Badmos, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed that the police would carry out a thorough investigation into the case.

“The suspect has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for further investigation.

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